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well, well, now i am serious into politics. i mean i am serious into being an amateur political commentator.
nah, my very first comment will be launched against this political statement made by president and vice president hopeful, megawati-prabowo on the effect of foreign culture on indonesian culture. at first, i would applaud these two for their concern about indonesian national culture, butt….eh but……
Indonesian too open to foreign culture: Mega – Pro
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 05/24/2009 4:24 PM | Election 2009
Culture and art experts applauded Megawati Soekarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto on Sunday after the two pledged to tackle the foreign culture invasion, which they considered the main reason for Indonesians’ poor awareness of local culture and heritage. (how? concrete plans please! not rhetoric ya. but, is every foreign culture, like free and fair judiciary and good public service evil? or is every local culture, like corruption, collution and nepotism holy?)
“Our elites now are too ‘polite’ to foreigners; they are too welcome. Without realization, foreigners have slowly occupied Indonesians,” Prabowo of the Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party said on a talk show “Cultures and Presidency” held at The Jakarta Playhouse (Gedung Kesenian Jakarta). (isn’t politness the core characteristic of indonesian culture? )
“This nation has been too naive, accepting every country and believing that they always have good intentions,” he added. (first, i am an indonesia and m not too naive. it’s you who is too naive to think that there rest of us are too naive to think in the same manner as you do)
Four panelists, Thamrin Amal Tomagola, Budi Dharma, Radhar Panca Dahana, and Sapardi Djoko Damono, along with an audience of hundreds crowding the hall, applauded Prabowo who attended the show with his running mate, Megawati of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).
During the one-hour show, Megawati and Prabowo repeatedly cited the negative effects of the foreign invasion when answering every question from the panelists. (mmm? are we being invaded? the way iraq isbeing invaded by U.S.A or the way fundamentalist Taliban wrecked havoc Swat Valley?)
“Your statements are substantially good, but still a bit too general,” Rhadar responded to Prabowo.
“I need concrete solutions from you, when facing the fact that the Western lifestyle has influenced our poor neighborhoods under bridges and slum areas along riverbanks. I noticed that a farmer in a remote area sold his farm because his child had been asking him to buy a Tamiya [a toy car made in Japan],” he added. (oh boy, he is too naive on this. listen mister guardian of indonesian culture, the old farmer buying a tamiya car for his son is not about the farmer getting westernized but about to please his son so that he can play along with or stand out amongs his rich boys friends. it has nothing to do with nationalism at all. it’s about class, i repeat class…eerrr Japan is West now?)
“I would say that this is because of our elites, whose lifestyles are too Western. They have idolized [Western culture],” Prabowo said. (mmm…can’t agree more, including you. you are an elite, aren’t you. are you too westernized too? )
Megawati added that mixing culture and tourism could be bad for Indonesian culture. “Selling culture for tourism may be good economically, but not for the culture itself,” she said. (mmm good good, by the way what do you mean by culture? tradition or ways of life?)
“I have seen it in Bali, where Western culture has slowly influenced local traditions. Balinese artists have become inconsistent because of financial concerns,” she added. (nah, it’s your job, provided you win in the next presidential race, to provide them with “good job” which will make them stay consistent with their idea)
“I see that many culture and art practitioners are reluctant to be inside the political ring. That is an obstacle too,” Megawati said, a statement followed by applause. (arts is political you know……it’s laden with ideology say…nationalism. haven’t you read Anak Semua Bangsa by Pramoedya or Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe or poems written by Jose Rizal)
Budi Dharma acknowledged that the two had given hope for the future of Indonesia’s culture. “Good answers, still too general though. However, their concepts have given us a good insight,” he told reporters after the show.
“However, Megawati and Prabowo will definitely face a lot of challenges in applying what they have said if they are elected. Because, any president, whoever they are, will be greatly involved with political interests during their tenure,” Budi said. (bbs)
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well, this is what i hate about indonesian politicians: they tend to think that we are stupid, NAIVE lot, victim of the ideology or platform of their political opponents. it’s proved by this kind of apocalyptic discourse on indonesian culture. moreover, i am also irked with this remark that indonesian culture is invaded by foreign culture whereby what these politician mean by foreign is always western.
now i am wondering does every foreign mean western? now who is too naive?
most importantly, we need to remember that culture does not exist in a vacuum. it is just normal that a culture is influencing other or influenced which does not necessarily mean negative. what is not right is when you think that yours is the best and reducing other people culture to caricatures: that is chauvinism to boot.
yes, of course, i support any effort to preserve national culture. however, we need to be cautious here since Frants Fanon has predicted “the Pitfall of National Culture” when the native intellectuals turn to be neo-colonizers colonizing their fellow less successful-powerful-socially mobile country men.
moreover, we need to remember that nationalist discourse is a masculine discourse. in its logic, woman is the bearer and preserver of the national culture. that’s what really bothers me about this business of preserving our national culture. those elites, with the political power they have, can raise a discourse on how Indonesian women should dress or behave in order to preserve the national culture, without taking into consideration the view and the want of the women themselves. as a result, they can just point our nose women who do not adhere to their set of rules (of what they think as national culture) as un-nationalistic or unpatriotic. Worse, we woman have no say about what is best for our interest. IT IS DOUBLE COLONIZATION.
most importantly, this blind nativistic discourse raised by the Mega-Pro Duo is feared to be an early omen on the premature death of our hard fought freedom of expression. Supposed they come into power, it is likely they will curb any expression in the form of arts as un-nationalist or un-patriotic if they do not follow their prescription of what a national culture should be. as a result, we again will see the bloody ideological war between artists who inserted that art is for art’s sake versus those who believe that art is for society. to put it on other words, whoever in power either the art is for the art’s sake proponents or the art of society supporters will repress their opponents. so, WHERE IS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION?
*the title is inspired by the talk show at the PlayHouse mentioned in the above news clip.
** i am no supporter of other presidential candidates, mind you. I am still undecided or swing voter or whatever you call me. yet i am all for pluralist candidates who are not sexist, chauvinist, and racist.
well, yesterday i had this conversation with the superior. we were chatting about the absence of another lesser superior due to her pregnancy. then promptly this superior of mine launched this sexist remark which sounds:
“this is the disadvantage of hiring a woman. they need too many days off. look at this so and so, she just asked for a month leave because she is getting married. what’s next? i believe she will ask for another leave due to pregnancy just like miss so and so. then i believe that there will be more then one pregnancy leave she will be asking after this. ah, susah….susaah (too bad….too bad)”
and my answer for this sexist reasoning is this:
“aih sir! you sound so bloodily funny. don’t you remember that day in and day out you are naging and naging us the un-married young chaps and chicks around to get married soon. kapan kawin? kapan kawin, that’s your constant questioning. nah, now she has decided to abide your demand and gotten married, but why you complain when she asks for a leave?”
my superior was at loss of words. and i knew i’d won the battle.
i have lost my faith in ustadz (male preacher) and ustadzah (female preacher) long time ago, especially when they told me that the majority of hell’s population is woman.
now, they say this and as you can predict i only can cring with pain. you know the look of someone down with toothache.
Indonesian clerics want rules for Facebook
Indra Harsaputra and Niniek Karmini , Associated Press | Thu, 05/21/2009 2:52 PM | National
Muslim clerics are seeking ways to regulate online behavior in Indonesia, saying the exploding popularity of social networking sites like Facebook could encourage illicit sex.
Around 700 clerics, or imams, gathered in the world’s most populous Muslim nation on Thursday were considering guidelines forbidding their followers from going online to flirt or engage in practices they believe could encourage extramarital affairs.
Facebook says Indonesia, a nation of 235 million, was its fastest-growing country in Southeast Asia in 2008, with a 645 percent increase to 831,000 users – outpacing China and India. And with less than 0.5 percent of Indonesia’s citizens wired, there is a huge potential for growth.
“The clerics think it is necessary to set an edict on virtual networking, because this online relationship could lead to lust, which is forbidden in Islam,” said Nabil Haroen, a spokesman for the Lirboyo Islamic boarding school, which is hosting the event.
Though followers could still be members of the networking site, guidelines dealing with surfing the Web and Islamic values are urgently needed, he said.
Facebook officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ninety percent of Indonesians are Muslim, though most practice a moderate form of the faith.
An edict by the clerics would not have any legal weight. But it could be endorsed by the influential Indonesian Ulema Council, which recently issued rulings against smoking and yoga. Most devout Muslims adhere to the council’s rulings because ignoring a fatwa, or religious decree, is considered a sin.
Amidan, who heads the Ulema Council, said the growing number of Facebook users in Indonesia was a controversial subject among Muslim leaders and that he favored a ban because of possible sexual content.
“People using Facebook can be driven to engage in distasteful, pornographic chatting,” said Amidan, who was monitoring the two-day conference in the town of Kediri, in eastern Java.
Many clerics are concerned that “inappropriate content” on Facebook could be accessed by children, said Amidan, who, like many Indonesians, goes by a single name.
Facebook is the top ranked site in Indonesia, ahead of search engines Yahoo and Google, according Alexa.com, which tracks Internet traffic. Nearly 4 percent of all Facebook visitors are from Indonesia, making it the largest source of visitors after the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Ital
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look mister religious, religion will really lose its credibility if you keep thinking in this manner.
what i know is my religion, islam, is not a religion of simple-minded dunces. it is compatible to changes, modernization and rationalization. that’s the reason why this faith is called as RAHMATAN LIL ALAMIN (a faith which is a bless for the world) mind you.
god, hope i will never hear some more stupidities related to religion in the future.
i dedicate this provocative title to this lady. (this post is also dedicated to the lady in this pic and all people who suffered injustice just because their professional job is become a maid)
huh! another maid was beaten by her employer. this is an unknown story then, especially when this bestiality happen to take place in malaysia. everybody know, we, indonesia, is the biggest supplier for maid to that neighbor country of ours (as if the maids are commodities and you are free to beat them as though they are hordes of cattle).
i don’t say that they, those malaysian, are maid killer or hostile toward indonesian. but i heard this sad story too often; it’s either the maids are beaten, tortured, extorted, exploited, raped…..other grim things. and because lots of indonesian maids there, so there is high possibility that the victim of this cruelty is indonesian.
well whoever they are, indonesian, filipinos, thais, indians, bangladeshis, pakistanis, nepalese, myanmaris, vietnamese, cambodians, WHOEVER…those maids do NOT deserve this barbarity. then whoever you are, yes you murderous maid EMPLOYERS, where ever you are, you cannot, you have no for god’s sake fucking right to treat them that way.
they are people, mind you, HUMAN BEING.. with the same dignity as what you fucking asshole have.
god i am so mad here. MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well, my mom is getting desperate by the day seeing me un-married by the age of 26. she raises this issue every time i go home to my bukittinggi. she has tried various approaches to tell me to get married as soon as possible. she has tried this:
“what are you waiting for? you’ve reached the legal age to be married; you’ve got a good job; you’ve finished your master…….”
or this:
“oh poor me, i have no son-in-laws, no grand children. my friends bitch behind my back because all of my daughters, who have reached marriageable age, are unmarried. with this asthma of mine, i cannot see my grand children in my life time. oh poor…poor”
or this:
“if none of you get married soon, i will take all of my money to perform my pilgrimage to mecca”
“so, mother why don’t u go to mecca since you’ve got the time and most importantly the money”, i responded one time.
“oh poor, people will bicker behind my back. they will say my hajj is not mabrur (fulfilled) since i go to mecca but leave unmarried daughters behind”
or this:
“you know, this and that aunty’s daughters are getting married. she must have been released from her burden (of having unmarried daughters)”
or this:
“if you still wait and wait you will get older and nobody wants you as wife. if you reached 40 and still unmarried, the chance to get a proper husband (a husband who is older than me on the the ground that if you are 20 your husband should be at least 24 -0r 25 or the same age. it is unlikely for my mother to have a son-in-law who has been married before)”.
or this
done with my mother, now let’s hear what people at office have to say about my husbandlessness (especially after a friend of mine jut got married last two weeks). let’s take a look at the first common comment.
“sudahlah buk delvi, look at your friend, she is happy and married rite now. when is your turn?”
or this:
“don’t you want to experience surga dunia or heaven on earth (they are referring to sex, mind you)”
or this:
” ah ha ha ha ha morniiing, so how it feels? what three rounds? what time did u finish the third round? aaaa that’s why you were late this morning. shhhhhhhhhh….there is a kid here (they refer to me) was it great? (whisper mode is on).
or this:
“this delvi, poor girl, perawan tuh or still a virgin” smirk….smirk and more smirkings. (assuming that married women gain more respect; married women are considered as complete women since they have their other halves (hubbies) and, most of them, kids. being complete defines their happiness. so, no wonder that a childless married lady at office does not have that complete happiness.
or this statement by my colleague:
“get married lah dulu before you commence your Ph.D. Men will back off knowing you are a Doctor Delvi. Believe me life will be unhappy without a spouse (i emphasize spouse here not lover or partner).”
or this:
“can i commence my ph.d this year? no, balaki dulu (no way, you need to get married first before we can officially permit you to further your study)
at first i just snicker to these remarks/statements/comments/, but now i am getting weary. the funny thing is it is not me who are desperate to see myself getting married soon but those around me.
well, i m no in any position opposing marriage institution. definitely i will probably marry someone in the future. however, to choose not to get married is a rightful choice as well. i am pro-choice you know.
to be honest i don’t know what i don’t have the slightest idea to get married until now. if you press on asking me why, perhaps, my answer will be somewhere hidden subliminally amongst the answers below:
1. i m still in blue on why people should get married in the first place.
2. no mr. right within the reach of my radar at this moment.
3. if this mr. right is there and kneeling before me rite now asking me to be his, it’s no way i can’t see me be able to pull myself to say “yes i do”.well, m not that choosy when it comes to lover: as long as he (even a jerk) can get my attention i will ‘hunt’ him, so i spare him from this difficult task to ‘conquer’ me. but, that ‘he’ is really a rare species here. hi hi hi hi but seriously i am not picky…
4. yes, of course, i envy those happy couple, spending their time together, laughing together, eating out together. however, everyday i have this confession that they envy me on the way i lead my life at this moment. so, who is less happy? me or them?
5. i do miss those whispers, caresses, kisses, hugs, embraces, midnight calls, crab words “i miss u” i used to have months ago.
6. i also love playing games with these boys’ hearts. i know a boy who regrets it deeply that he had tied the knot few days before he met me again a month ago. poor boy
7. i also know some boys secretly love me but have no courage to tell me and poor them i don’t feel for them.
8. this one boy i love but he doesn’t.
9. i have no problem with this sexual energy thingy. i mean i have no issue on how to channel them. m busy, super busy in fact. only those who have nothing to do will get confused how to release this brimming energy and desperately resort to sexual intercourse (as if it is the only means to do so) . to put in another way, a husband is not a sole means to satisfy you sexually. i get this great orgasmic satisfaction whenever i can get my students understand what i am lecturing on, or when i am able to rebut someone’s stupid remarks against me, or when i can post something on my blog, or when i make a boy stumble on the street since he doesn’t watch his steps for the sake of staring at my flirting eyes, for example. oh, it makes you sweat and moan, believe me.
10. i never find any university in this world which requires its prospective students to be married to make them eligible to enroll for a Ph. D program.
you know people get married because (according to what they tell me ok)
1. to find their other half
wah, i don’t subscribe to that prescription. i m myself, a complete Self.
2. to find happiness
marriage does not constitute happiness, methinks. i know lots of married people leading a hell of life.
3. security (financial, status…)
mmmm, it does make sense.
4. to “legally” breed so that you age your children will take care of you
it can be, but wait! your children never want to be born. it is you, your ambition to have children (to take care of you when you are old). that’s exploitation.
5. to build a family and hopefully lead a happy life with those you love (which is your family.
can’t agree more.
but still, it is a choice, rite? it is about the right person, the right time, and the right mood.
today, i don’t feel like marrying for various ‘indefinite and blur reasons’. but when i feel like doing it, surely i will. just wait for my invitation.
therefore, it is a ‘Me’ factor not ‘You’ factor. when the time finally comes i will climb the bat tower and turn this SOS sign on: I NEED A HUSBAND.
ps. for those with the same situation, the best way to ease yourself from the burden of the frequent questions “kapan kawin” is to say ” ok i will but help me find the dude”. usually they will back off since they do not sincerely concern about you. but if you encounter those who are seriously want to ‘help’ ya just play the game (if you want)…..
(while waiting for my other class and before taking off to bukittinggi this afternoon)
rite, a bule (white/westerner ) whom i met few nights ago thought that i am a christian.
i never know what kind of genie possessing this bule’s mind, but i found it to be very funny.
i went to an open air food stall near my place to have a cup of coffee (not a cup, in my place they serve coffee in a glass, OK). I didn’t appear as Miss Delvi with all of my Miss Delvi regalia but just as Delvi. i also brought with me V.S Naipaul’s In a Free State.
when i arrived at the stall, in the second table next to the roadside, there was this bule with his laptop on telling or trying hard to tell the waitresses of the stall about the position of Australia, his country, on the world map. it was a funny scene since the girl waitress could only understood one or two words uttered by this bule. he looked a bit frustrated since he knew no words in indonesian to make his message cross. i pity that monolingual man.
then, the girl waitress got weary since he talked on and on but she could not understand what he was saying. i laughed to her and she looked relieved since now she had found a reason to excuse herself from this bule. yes she needed to take my order, so she moved her ass away from the bule’s table.
upon seeing my book she asked whether i was about to have an examination the next day. i said no. it seems that my book also caught the bule’s attention.
“studying”, he asked with his thick australian accent.
“no, i bring a book just to kill the time while waiting to be served”, i replied.
then.
“are you christian?”, he launched this unusual question.
“why? what makes you think that i am a christian?
“no emm… i just think.. mmm..you are…..mmmm… a christian….mmmm….because….you look ……different…..your face……mmmm…..is…..bright…..mmmm……just…..different……em…em….
(i believe what he meant by me looking different was me going out at night alone; me wearing my hair short; me wearing a white tank top topped with an unbuttoned and rolled-sleeves white shirt [so unlady like and un-muslim himthinks]; me smiling freely and warmly to the waitresses of the cafe).
…yet to ask any bule about what they have in mind regarding muslim girl…
then after a few more word exchanges which comprised of (in shouting mode since the food stall was by the roadside, so it was so noisy that you hardly heard the voice of your conversation partner) WHAT’S UR NAME? DELVI. YOU SOUND AUSTRALIAN! YES INDEED I AM AUSTRALIAN. WHICH PART? GOLD COAST! MMMM I SEE (more smiles from both sides), the bule moved to my table.
“you know what levvy (i learn that his name is levvy, i don’t know whether it’s real or imagined), your question is funny at least to my taste. it’s not funny but a bold question addressed to a minangkanau lady. a bold one yet lack of sensitivity”, i said, ironically, cheerfully.
“yaa… (australian accent) now you know it that i m not afraid to speak my mind (more australian accent)”, he said.
“oh, i see. i believe your next question is about my sexual orientation, m i right.”
“he he he he he”, he smirked.
(i was right since after few more minutes sitting next to me, he asked about my age. ah so un-bule)
and then we talked on and on until 9.30. on my part it was mainly my lecture (0r whining) to him what islam’s got to do with minangkabau people and vise versa regarding his initial question. and on his part it was mainly how relieved he was to find someone he could talked to after spending ten days in padang.
poor fellow. first, his monolingualism has limited his space. second, his insensitivity (referring one as a christian when you are in a muslim predominant province) might kill him in the most extreme case. he was lucky to meet me not my ustad ha ha ha. third, this poor fler needs to take cross cultural understanding class. i know i good lecturer for this. it was not his first time to indonesia, paradoxically. fourth, “i’m not afraid to speak my mine” what? m not afraid to speak my mind either but i will never confront any let say white foreigner whom i just run into this question “hey mistah when did you lose your virginity? (on the ground that it is widely believed in my part of the world that westerners practice free-sex).
ah this bule, what was he thinking?
did he read an ill-informed travel writing a no-more-informed amateur travel writer venturing to the muslim predominant countries before landing in padang?
ah mester bule, islam does not mean burqa or beard or turban as the west does not mean christendom or atheism or gay philosophers.
what was he thinking? what was he thinking?
i m down with this sakit gigi for almost four days. been to the dentist twice since the first attack on monday, but it is to no avail. i m even cringing with pain while typing this post. so sakit sekali saudara saudara….
this pain is so precarious or i may say it mysterious. why? i don’t know what’s wrong with my teeth neither does the dentist ( oh how come? he is THE DENTIST!). he checked my teeth and did some tests but he failed to decide what caused the pain. his best answer was i need to take an x-ray photo of my teeth and only after that he can do “something”. but he seemed to be quite sure that there was an infection in my upper right gum, especially near the first two teeth from my wisdom tooth, for its color was redder than the other area of the gum. so, the last words the doc said before writing a prescription was, “inflammation [because of the infection] may cause the pain. therefore, i’ll give you stronger medications than what i have given you on monday.”
sometimes, i laughed amid my sobs why these teeth turned against me?
i pay much attention to my mouth as mush as attention i give to my face. my toothbrush is the “best” in its class; the toothpaste is the “most expensive” in its class; my dental floss is the “most sophisticated” in its class.
“oh ungratefully teeth how could thou hurt thy master this way”, i lamented.
me (the eldest yet the most cengeng girl or most pampered in the family) has called my mom several times everyday since monday. everytime i called, yeah you know me, i would always cry.
“ibu hu hu hu hu hu sakit gigi”, that was the opening sentence. then,
“manjo bana anak ko mah, pulang se lah kalau mode itu. bia diubek dirumah” (you spoil girl, why don’t you just go home to bukittinggi and let me take you to your dentist).
yeah that was the scene. so, today i am gonna go home to my bukittinggi and make an appointment with my dentist. i really need to find a second opinion regarding this illness of mine.
1. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will raise an urge to abolish the porn bill.
2. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will never agree to any bill which will rule out how the people should behave and dress.
3. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will agree that no racist, sexist, and chauvinist fellow should become RI 1 (The president of Republic of Indonesia). read my i need a president not a muslim president.
4. i wish that somebody sane in the parliament will seriously think how to press the government to improve any sorts of public service.
5. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will put forward an urgent assembly to discuss about annulling any variety of religious-based by-laws. that’s god’s prerogative not ours mortal.
6. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will press on how to include sex education in the school curriculum. i’m tired of reading ill-informed government sponsored ad that you get HIV because you commit pre-marital sex.
7. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will demand to scrap the rule that a wife must obtain her husband permit before she can process her passport. ayolah sir and madam, my mom is nagging me to get married soon day in and day out. yet, i am too afraid to be married out of a phobia to get a confining husband.
8. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will seriously think about improving our educational system. what about sekolah gratis (free basic education) up to senior high school? i think we can afford it.
9. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will pay more attention to our ailing ecological condition. god is not mad at us when when we are afflicted by massive flood or avalanche or mind-choking haze coming from forest fire. it’s us who are insanely inconsiderable when it comes to damaging the environment. i believe most of today’s disasters are man-triggered.
10. i wish somebody sane in the parliament will instigate a move to criminalize war. living in a peaceful country like mine, i could not bear myself to read or watch the plight of those living in war zones or conflict areas like gaza, afganistan, sri lanka or swat valley, pakistan. worst, i know as everyone does, those who suffer more in wars are women and children.
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m quite happy that secular and nationalist parties won at the last ge. you are free to say that m too allergic to religious or sectarian parties. yes, i am. you know what i think, so much blood has been shed just on the name of religion and narrow-minded sectarian movements. i don’t want it to happen to my beloved country. and i think god is with me since god’s listened to my pray.
thank you pj bali for the link.
i love this news.
first wave of boycott has resulted in one lawsuit. it means, this movement can be considered as successful. at least now that movement will be taken more seriously by the skeptics. therefore, those kenyan men will join the women to urge those in power to cease their testosterone driven bickering or else……..(no….i bet my whole year salary….they can’t stand another no-sex-week). i mean, hopefully, this boycott will unite that nation to urge the government to stop fighting and shift their focus to the people well being.
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Sex-starved Kenyan sues over boycott
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — A Kenyan man has sued activists who called on women to boycott sex to protest the growing divide in the nation’s coalition government.
James Kimondo said the seven-day sex ban, which ended this week, resulted in stress, mental anguish, backaches and lack of sleep, his lawyer told the state-run Kenya Broadcasting Corp. (waaa ha ha ha ha god, this man must use his dick to think not his brain, he does not feel stress, mental anguish and backaches and lack of sleep because of the conflict in his country)
The lawsuit filed Friday claims lack of conjugal rights affected Kimondo’s marriage and seeks undisclosed damages from the G-10, an umbrella group for women’s activists, KBC said.
The women’s caucus caused a national debate when it urged women to withhold sex to protest increasingly frosty relations between President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Citizens of the east African nation are frustrated by a shaky coalition government, which was formed after post-election violence killed more than 1,000 people in 2008. The wrangling between Kibaki and Odinga has sparked fears of more violence.
Gender activists say they are not worried about the lawsuit. (you go girl)
“I have not been served with the papers, but I was told they are coming and I am eagerly waiting,” said Ann Njogu, executive, director of Centers for Rights Education and Awareness. “It will be interesting to see the face of a man who is not willing to abstain for the sake of his country.”
Despite the lawsuit, Njogu said, the boycott was successful.
“The principal leaders met as a result of the boycott, and I understand that they are setting up reforms to look into the country’s internal security,” she said.
Plans are under way for women activists to meet with Kibaki and Odinga, according to Njogu.
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see, who say it’s a man’s world. girl rule.
i have kept this matter for months!
i can’t keep it no longer!
i need to pour my heart!
i need to scream!
i have to stage a demo!
yes!
a strike!
my uni, i mean those IT people, yes those moralists, they block any websites which contains the word ’sex, sexual, porn naked, nude, and sexy’.
oh how stupid, oh how ignorant oh gawd how imbecilic these people.
they’re supposed to block websites not words, oh puerile dumb ass.
WEBSITES NOT WORDS PUH-LEZE
i really needed to find the a poem entitled ‘the naked and the nude’ but I COULD NOT coz they block it and direct me to the website of the uni, the biggest porn site in the world then. i failed in my mid-term test.
i really needed some internet sources on pre-marital sex so that i can lecture my student to play safe but i I COULD NOT coz they block it and direct me to the website of the uni, the biggest porn site in the world then. my students are getting pregnant without knowing how to deal with their predicament and why they get pregnant.
i really needed to find an article on asexual reproduction of a sea monkey but I COULD NOT coz they block it and direct me to the website of the uni, the biggest porn site in the world. i got F for my presentation.
i really needed to retrieve a journal discussing about sex/t coz a colleague prof of mine want to write a paper on language, gender and feminism but I COULD NOT coz they block it and direct me to the website of the uni, the biggest porn site in the world. she could not join the seminar coz she was late to send the abstract.
ah so gullible these people. i’ve asked what is this blocking business all about. they say its about MORAL.
IT IS ABOUT FILTERING THE MORAL OF THE STUDENTS (i don’t even get what they mean with this sentence. it’s verbatim you know)
ah moral. moral! moral? mooooooooooooooooraaaaaal? moral for stupid people my ass then (god i need to watch my language)
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TIPS FOR STUDENTS WHO WANTS TO SURF PORN SITES AT UNI
1. Do not type sex my dear but intercourse on your search engine. Once you’ve done that, brace your breath for the wildest picture you could see.
2. If you are not successful, try to type fornication. Failed? Try copulation then. Still unsuccessful? Why don’t you try coitus! Nah, it’s easy, no?
3. If tips number two does not work, you may try this last resort. Find the translation of sexual intercourse in languages other than indonesian and English. Say in Arabic. Don’t forget to say Bismillah so that God will bless your try my child.
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see I SAY WEBSITES NOT WORDS!
How can i forgive this stupidity oh privolity.
O dear death please taketh this stupidity away. amen
